Definition of decline

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Decline (v. i.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever..

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Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..
Reject :: Reject (v. t.) To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
Declined :: Declined (a.) Declinate.
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..
Rally :: Rally (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc..
Vail :: Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.
Renounce :: Renounce (v. i.) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters..
Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
Degenerate :: Degenerate (a.) Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low..
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Inflect :: Inflect (v. t.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb..
Declined :: Declined (imp. & p. p.) of Declin.
Evening :: Evening (n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum..
Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend..
Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..
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